Template:Bare URL AV media
This template is an inline alternative to {{Cleanup bare URLs}}, for use ONLY with links to multimedia files, i.e. those containing audio and/or video.
These files will have a mime type beginning with audio/ or video/, and will usually have one of the following extensions: .aac, .avi, .mid, .midi, .mp3, .mp4, .mpeg, .oga, .ogv, .opus, .ts, .wav, .weba, .webm, .3gp, .3g2.
Usage[edit source]
Paste this after a bare-URL reference/link to a multimediafile:
{{Bare URL AV media|date=April 2025}}
It is best to place the tag inside a citation, just before the closing </ref> tag:
<ref>https://www.aaa.si.edu/assets/audio/podcasts/monuments-men-AAA_andrew-ritchie-1977.mp3 {{bare URL AV media|date=April 2025}}</ref>- Result: <ref>https://radiotapes.com/KDHL/KDHL-AM_Ali-Frazer_3-8-1971_1.mp3 [bare URL AV media file]</ref>
References
This will still categorize the page for cleanup without cluttering the present paragraph with "[bare URL AV media]", and it will also help track down the citation to improve by keeping the cleanup tag in the citation. When doing it this way, the date must be manually entered; it cannot be done with the {{Bare URL AV media|{{subst:DATE}}}} shortcut method, because template substitution does not work inside <ref>...</ref> tags.
Tracking categories[edit source]
- This template places the article into both of the following categories:
- Category:All articles with bare URLs for citations — 0 pages
- Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations or a dated subcategory thereof, currently
- Category:Articles with AV media file bare URLs for citations — 0 pages
Why?[edit source]
See WP:Bare URLs
How to respond to this tag[edit source]
See WP:HOWCITE
Template Data[edit source]
TemplateData for Bare URL AV media
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | no description | Unknown | optional |
| date | date | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also[edit source]
{{Bare URL inline}}{{Bare URL image}}{{Bare URL AV media}}{{Bare URL PDF}}{{Bare URL plain text}}{{Bare URL spreadsheet}}{{Cleanup bare URLs}}{{Citations broken}}- Wikipedia:Link rot
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
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| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | no description | Unknown | optional |
| date | date | no description | Unknown | optional |